Blue Light

Japanese: 《青の光》 - あおのひかり
Blue Light

...German film director and actress, representative of "Nazi films." Born in Berlin, she studied art and then studied as a ballerina under Max Reinhardt. She was recognized by director Arnold Fanck and starred in mountain films (The Holy Mountain, 1925, The Silver Ridge, 1929, Dance of the Silver Ridge, 1931, etc.), and with the cooperation of Hungarian-born screenwriter and theorist Béla Balázs, she directed and starred in Blue Light (1932), based on a mountain legend in the Dolomiti region of Italy. She was trusted by Hitler, and directed the documentary film Triumph of the Faith, held in Nuremberg in 1933, Triumph of the Will, held in 1934, and the Berlin Olympic film Olympia in 1936 (a two-part film consisting of Festival of the People and Festival of Beauty).

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Blue Light" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…〈ナチス映画〉を代表するドイツの映画監督,女優。ベルリンに生まれ,美術を学んだのちバレリーナとしてマックス・ラインハルトの指導をうけ,アーノルト・ファンク監督に認められて山岳映画(《聖山》1925,《死の銀嶺》1929,《白銀の乱舞》1931,等々)に主演,ハンガリー生れの映画脚本家・理論家ベラ・バラージュの協力をえて,イタリアのドロミティ地方の山岳伝説を題材にした《青の光》(1932)を監督,主演する。ヒトラーに信頼され,1933年にニュルンベルクで開かれたナチス党大会の記録映画《信念の勝利》,つづいて34年党大会の《意志の勝利》,36年のベルリン・オリンピック映画《オリンピア》(《民族の祭典》と《美の祭典》の二部作。…

※「《青の光》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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